I’m not joking when I tell you this is a midweek meal. It might not look it, but it is seriously something you can throw together, pop in the oven and enjoy straight from the dish.
This is a great one for two people to enjoy after work, but it would also work well if you were having people over during the week and wondering what the hell you can cook after a stressful day without creating too many dishes to wash after they leave (does it sound like I’ve done this before?) then this is the dish for you. Let’s face it, if you have having people over mid week, they are likely to be your family or closest friends and don’t expect you to serve them a three course meal and are happy with something super tasty and a little bit special.
I like my food spicy, so I’ve titled this Pack-a-Punch One Pot Chicken and Potatoes, because the chicken marinade’s prime ingredient is birds eye chilli (seeds and all). But never fear, you could always make yourself a ‘Pack-a-Slap’ version by using a large red chilli with the seeds removed if you are making it for your family or don’t fancy too much heat.
It might look like I have spent lots of time on this dish, but trust me, I haven’t. Firstly, the potatoes have skins on so I din’t peel them, and they have been finely sliced with a mandolin which can be done super quickly. Then it is simply a matter of making a marinade for the chicken in your blender, popping the chicken on the potatoes and baking. I then took a bunch of coriander and some yoghurt and blitzed it together with some lemon juice while the chicken was cooking to make the sauce (needed to counteract the punch of the chilli).
The resulting dish has potatoes that are both soft and crispy on the edges and are flavored with the chicken and its marinade, which gets your heart going with its fiery kick all soothed by the coriander yoghurt sauce. Sound good? It is!
Pack-a-punch One Pot Chicken and Potatoes
Ingredients
- 500g Golden Delight potatoes, skins well washed and scrubbed (or other baking potato)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Chicken Marinade
- 4 birds eye chilli, tops discarded
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- Zest and juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon yoghurt
- 4 x chicken thigh fillets, skin off (or 2 x thigh fillets and 2 x Drumsticks)
Coriander Yoghurt Sauce
- Bunch coriander
- 3 tablespoons yoghurt
- Zest 1/2 lemon
Directions
Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
Wash and scrub your potatoes well as the skin will be left on for the dish. Then using a mandolin slicer (or speed slicer), cut the potatoes into around 4mm thick slices. Fan out the slices in the bottom of a large baking dish covering the base, drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
To made the marinade, place all marinade ingredients (except the chicken thighs) in a bowl and blend with a stick blender until the ingredients form a paste. Using a basting brush, paint the marinade paste all over the chicken thighs and place them on top of the potatoes.
Place the baking dish in the oven and bake for 50 minutes until the chicken is golden and the potatoes are soft and crisp on the edges.
Meanwhile, prepare the coriander and yoghurt sauce by placing the coriander, yoghurt and lemon zest in a bowl and blending with a stick blender until well combined. Place in the fridge until ready to serve.
Remove the chicken and potatoes from the oven and serve with the coriander yoghurt sauce.
This looks absolutely amazing, Amanda! I love one-pot meals that are fuss-free yet tasty, especially with 4 children and a busy life! Your food styling is absolutely stunning!
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Thanks Mel! One-pot meals are the best. 4 kids! Wow, I don’t know how you do it all.
This does look like a dish that took some time! Gorgeous photos, lovely recipe. This is a real winner — thanks.
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That’s the best bit about some dishes, they look far more impressive than they are.
What a beautiful and delicious looking dish with the chicken and perfectly cooked potatoes! 😉
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Thanks Cristina. That’s the best thing about it – it looked and tasted great but was so easy.
This looks like such a delicious and flavoursome dish. I can only imagine how good your kitchen must have smelt when this was roasting!
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It definitely did smell gorgeous Thalia, just made me want to hurry up the cooking process.
HAHAHAHAHA Pack a Slap version! Looks absolutely delicious!
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And once again, the line I write hoping you will personally enjoy… you pick up! It’s why we’re mates!!
Another amazing dish – Thank you Amanda!
Now if you could just add a few more kid friendly recipes my weeks meal plan would be done…
I can just imagine what that chicken marinade does to the potatoes! And I love the name and the slap option 🙂
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Righto, I need to seriously up my game – my midweek meals look NOTHING like this. Please don’t tell my husband this is what other people eat during the week! #slapDash
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What a beautiful dish, in every sense. I would certainly be over the moon to be served this at a mid-week dinner. In a way it reminds me of a Greek dish I make often which is literally just potatoes and chicken thighs cooked together in a dish. The potatoes end up soft and yet crispy, too. Mmmm. This dish certainly has a lot more finesse, though – especially with that yoghurt sauce!
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Love the simplicity of this recipe and the use of birds eye peppers, them guys are HOT. Beautiful and inspiring photography… love all your props.
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I liked the post! Thank you for sharing this with us!